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	Chapter II: The Command of Continental Defense Forces
		These coastal frontiers were to become active commands in wartime, at which time the Army's coast artillery districts were to cease to exist as such and their commanders and staffs were to man the Army's portion of the wartime coast defense organization and be responsible in turn to the army commanders.
		The defense commands were made responsible during peacetime for planning the defense of their areas against ground and air attack, the corps area commanders retaining their responsibility for internal security plans and measures.
		Despite instructions directing the theater commanders to continue the maximum degree of training compatible with tactical assignments, the existing deployment of ground and air forces was bound to interfere seriously with training, and furthermore it was threatening to freeze the bulk of the Army's forces in a perimeter defense of the continental United States.
	www.army.mil /cmh/books/wwii/guard-us/ch2.htm (9899 words)

	RAF Coastal Command - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Coastal Command was an organization within the Royal Air Force which defended the United Kingdom from naval threats and countered German U-boats by air.
		Apart from a brief period under the operational command of Allied Forces Headquarters during Operation Torch and its aftermath, RAF units in Gibraltar remained under Coastal Command control for the rest of the war.
		The command itself ceased to exist on 28 November 1968, when it was subsumed into the new RAF Strike Command.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coastal_Command (1436 words)

	Military History Online - Bomber Command
		Meanwhile, Coastal Command had issued an advisory stating that weather conditions would be favourable for a break-out beginning on February 10.
		But it remains a mystery how a combination of radar surveillance, Coastal Command reconnaissance and RN patrols could miss 21 ships doing what was expected of them at a time and place that was quite accurately determined.
		To German high command, it demonstrated that the British were dedicated to destroying their cultural heritage: both towns held a high place in the architectural and cultural history of Germany.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/bombercommand/bomberharris.aspx (10648 words)

	Military History Online - Bomber Command Home
		Operationally, however, Bomber Command's targets shifted according to the requirements of the nation or the whim of its leaders.
		Between the departure of Peirse (January 8) and the arrival of Harris (Feb. 22), Bomber Command was under the interim command of Air Vice-Marshal Baldwin, commander of 3 Group.
		Coastal Command did not spot them (reportedly because of problems with their air-to-ship radar).
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/bombercommand/default.aspx (815 words)

	Air and Coastal Defense Command
		Coastal Defense Command was formed in 1992 under the control of the Royal Fleet Headquarters, with one coastal defense regiment (equipped with 155 mm artillery) and one air defense regiment (equipped with 40 mm and 37 mm anti-aircraft guns as well as HN-5A man portable SAMs).
		The Coastal Defense Regiment is based near the Marine Corps facility at Sattahip and the Air Defense Regiment near the Naval Air Wing at Utapao.
		Coastal Defense Command was greatly expanded in 1992, following the government's decision in 1988 to charge the RTN with the responsibility of defending the entire Eastern Seaboard Development Project.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/thailand/acdc.htm (250 words)

	First Things Must Come First - The Churchill Centre
		Although Coastal Command would do better in the first half of 1942, and very much better in the last half of the year, these results were either not yet verified or still lay in the future at midyear.
		Coastal Command would have to divert aircraft to it, and perhaps to subsequent raids.
		Churchill, no mean rhetorician himself, was riot so much convinced by Harris's denunciations of Coastal Command as he was moved to direct the air chief marshal's powers of expression into constructive formulations which would advance their common aim of building up the bombing offensive.
	www.winstonchurchill.org /i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=571 (5275 words)

	Coastal Command Tactical Instructions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		All Junior Commanders and Captains of aircraft should, therefore, continually bear in mind:- (i) The vital importance of air crews being given continual training in delivering attacks.
		It is evident that U/Boat Commanders are now tending, increasingly, to remain on the surface and fight back with their gun armament when attacked by aircraft.
		The remainder of this form is to be completed by the Squadron Commander or his deputy, in conjunction with the Intelligence Officer, when the crew is rested; this should normally be done within 24 hours.
	chat.carleton.ca /~jnoakes/ram/cc/ccti41.html (3789 words)

	The Coastal Command and Maritime Air Association
		Many squadron associations exist within the old Coastal framework but there was felt to be a need for a wider association which would embrace personnel of all ranks who have been or who are currently involved in maritime air operations.
		The concept of the Coastal Command and Maritime Air Association (CCMAA) was launched in 1995 by a committee of serving and retired maritime air personnel, headed by Air Vice Marshall Andrew Roberts.
		The memorial, to ‘Constant Endeavour’ - Coastal Command's motto, is in the South Cloister of Westminster Abbey.
	www.griffon.clara.net /ccmaa/ccmaa_about.htm (609 words)

	CHAPTER 15 Coastal Command Patrols \| NZETC
		Indeed, it might well be said that without Coastal Command's vigilant and relentless sorties the triumphs of the Allied armies could not have been achieved, and the bombers could not have been sent to wreck German industry.
		Counter-action by Coastal Command brought good results, especially during the second half of September when five U-boats were sunk in places as far apart as the coast of Norway and the Azores.
		At the end of December a Wellington of Coastal Command did sink a U-boat off Cherbourg, but there was no evidence of success in any of the other counter-attacks in the Channel area where seven merchant ships and two frigates were torpedoed during the last fortnight of that month.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-2RAF-c15.html (6222 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II
		The RAF Coastal Command immediately requested a contingent of B-24 Liberators equipped with microwave radar, which the enemy could not detect.
		Augmented by the American squadrons, the RAF Coastal Command planned a nine-day offensive in the bay to coincide with the February return of German submarines from convoy battles in the North Atlantic.
		The commander also ordered the submarines to cross the bay submerged and to surface only to charge batteries, but that practice seriously harmed crew morale at the beginning of their patrols.
	www.usaaf.net /ww2/uboats/uboatspg4.htm (1775 words)

	RAF History - Bomber Command 60th Anniversary
		This secondary Bomber Command strength could be crewed by a combination of instructors, many of them ex-operational, and by men in the later stages of their training.
		Bomber Command later estimated that 22 aircraft were lost over or near Cologne 16 shot down by Flak, 4 by night fighters and 2 in a collision; most of the other losses were due to night-fighter action in the radar boxes between the coast and Cologne.
		Bomber Command also calculated the losses suffered by each of the three waves of the attack - 4.8, 4.1 and 1.9 per cent - and assumed that the German defences were progressively overwhelmed by bombing and affected by smoke as the raid went on.
	www.raf.mod.uk /bombercommand/thousands.html (2351 words)

	Coastal Command (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Coastal Command, 73 minute long 1942 British film made by the Crown Film Unit for the Ministry of Information, dramatising the work of Coastal Command.
		The music used for the battle of the Beauforts is exciting and rhythmic, and most of the rest of the score is also of high quality.
		While Coastal Command cannot be compared with the better efforts of Prokofiev (Lieutenant Kije, Alexander Nevsky, and Ivan the Terrible), it is nevertheless an important score that ought to receive greater attention.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coastal_Command_(film) (519 words)

	Coastal Raiders - 1
		In that the Coastal Security Service was always an integral part of the Special Forces, we should scrutinize its personnel and organization so that the task of understanding this service will become clearer and easier.
		On December 19th, the U.S. Army Command in the Pacific asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff for permission to implement OPLAN 34A on an experimental basis for a period of 12 months.
		When the coastal infiltration teams operated under the direct authority of the CIA in the past there were a number of RVN Navy frogmen involved but the majority of Nautilus personnel were civilians.
	www.mrfa.org /Coastal.Raiders.htm (4380 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military -- Navy's new command distances it more from Cold War
		The new command will not include the "naval infantry" battalion that Adm. Michael Mullin, the chief of naval operations mentioned when he announced plans for the command.
		The different elements of the command will support one another in the combat zone, with force protection units guarding the logistical personnel as they handle cargo and the Seabees as they perform their construction duties, Bullard said.
		Starting next year, the command will begin to form the first of three squadrons, which are expected to have 12 boats and about 200 personnel, he said.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/military/20051203-9999-1n3shore.html (703 words)

	uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Aircraft - RAF Coastal Command
		When the war began the RAF Coastal Command was far from ready for it.
		One week after the war began Coastal Command set up a base in Gibraltar to cover the southern part of the Bay of Biscay and the waters closest to this entry into the Mediterranean.
		Squadrons from nations other than Britain fought under the Coastal Command such as the No. 330 and No 333 (Norwegian), No. 304 (Polish), No. 311 (Czech) and No. 344 (French).
	uboat.net /allies/aircraft/raf_coastal.htm (629 words)

	HyperWar: The Army Air Forces in WWII: Vol. I--Plans & Early Operations [Chapter 15]
		Thus the command was faced with the double problem of reorienting the training of its units and adapting all its equipment to meet the requirements of its enlarged mission.
		The command relationship between the Gulf Task Force and the Gulf Sea Frontier was similar to that which existed between the I Bomber Command and the Eastern Sea Frontier.
		But the I Bomber Command was still theoretically a bombardment force, and as long as it retained a dual responsibility its training and tactical development had literally to be carried on at two levels--for high-level bombardment and for low-level attack against submarines.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/AAF/I/AAF-I-15.html (13978 words)

	history
		Coastal Command tested a Blenheim IV with 217 Squadron between March and August 1939.
		Coastal Command Intelligence: planned coastal reconnaissance by three Hudsons from Leuchars carried out, but when approaching coast, weather conditions were poor- returned to base without completing patrol.
		Eight Blackburn Skua II (Lt. Commander C.L.G.Evans… who was credited with five air-to-air combat victories in the war) from No. 806 Squadron Fleet Air Arm escorted by six Blenheim IVF (Squadron Leader G.K.Fairclough) from No. 254 Squadron 18 Group Coastal Command both at Hatston were sent to attack targets at Bergen.
	www2.bc.edu /~emerypa/254/history.html (3513 words)

	FW Mission: Strike and Strike Again
		The third major combat arm of the RAF (in addition to Fighter Command and Bomber Command) was Coastal Command.
		Throughout the war, Coastal Command squadrons patrolled out to sea in all kinds of weather, searching for the Kreigsmarine's U-boats and surface ships, as well as coastal shipping along the European continent.
		It is June 1942 and Coastal Command is patrolling and attacking Axis shipping in the North Sea.
	world.std.com /~Ted7/sstrike.htm (337 words)

	Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Florida, a Leader in Littoral Warfare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		A unique feature of NSWC PC that is unduplicated in the United States is the natural operating environment provided by the ready access to the Gulf of Mexico and its associated littoral and coastal regions.
		Coastal Operations - The NSWC PC is the national center of expertise for coastal operations.
		The Coastal Operations mission focuses on the transfer of this knowledge and technology base to the solution of problems encountered by local, state, industrial and non-DOD organizations.
	www.ncsc.navy.mil (655 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Northern Ireland \| NI's wartime command remembered
		Northern Ireland's contribution to the wartime Coastal Command is to be commemorated in Belfast.
		Organisers want to recognise the sacrifice of the ranks of those who served in Coastal Command, which are rapidly dwindling.
		On Wednesday, the 60th anniversary of Coastal Command is being commemorated by a concert by the RAF Central Band in the Ulster Hall.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4525862.stm (137 words)

	Coastal Legends: Player Commands
		This command is only available if there's a "blue glowing orb" in the room with you.
		This command displays the shape of the room you're in, your position within the room, where your fellow party members are located, where your current target is, the location of other creatures who are targeting you, and so on.
		It is a handy command during combat if you wish to place yourself in a location having a better tactical advantage.
	www.coremud.org /legends/playercmd.html (2682 words)

	California Coastal Commission Oil Spill Program
		We are committed to assisting federal, state and local agencies, citizens' groups, and the petroleum industry avoid the potentially catastrophic environmental and economic effects of a large-scale oil spill on the California coast, and ensure that when spills do occur, environmental impacts are reduced to the greatest extent possible.
		CCC Staff has knowledge of coastal and marine resources and can assist in determining the spill response and clean-up options that will avoid or minimize adverse impacts to coastal and marine resources.
		Coastal Commission Staff has extensive mapping resources available including coastal aerial photography, coastal county assessor parcel lines, and topographic maps and nautical charts.
	www.coastal.ca.gov /oilspill/ospndx.html (1260 words)

	Scotsman.com News - UK - Coastal Command heroes honoured by the Queen
		AIRMEN who perished fighting U-boats in the Second World War were remembered yesterday at the dedication of the first national tribute to the RAF Coastal Command.
		Coastal Command and its attached units sank more than 1,000 German ships, using aircraft such as Catalinas and Beaufighters, and prevented the enemy from cutting off vital food supplies to Britain.
		Despite the death of nearly 11,000 British, Allied and Commonwealth aircrew, the memorial is the first collective tribute to the command.
	news.scotsman.com /uk.cfm?id=307752004 (461 words)

	THE WAR ROOM
		This was the higher command structure in the province in September 1939.
		The function of this command was to maintain local defense measures and under certain conditions to control the 61st Division.
		The local British Army command did not want at that time to assume command of the force in order to distance itself from its sectarian nature.
	www.csn.ul.ie /~dan/war/brit_fors.htm (1066 words)

	Coastal Command History - Squadrons
		An aircraft and crew were held at 90 minutes readiness for 24 hours a day during the conflict and Nimrods participated in 2 SAR operations.
		The RAF's Air Staff Management Aid (ASMA) computerised information system was the prime command and control system for the deployed forces, and by the end of August 1990 the RAF's Tactical Communications Wing (TWC) had deployed terminals to the Gulf locations.
		ASMA provided a secure IT facility to the whole of the command structure from the MOD through the JHQ and the JFHQ to the deployed units, including the airbases, mobile Army units in the desert and RN ships in the Gulf.
	www.raf.mod.uk /gulf/operations.html (2594 words)

	Coastal Command Signed Photographs
		To compliment our ‘Kriegsmarine’ series of German U-boat commanders we have decided to do a short series of Coastal Command photographs incorporating a number of Royal Air Force 'U-boat Hunters'.
		In November 1942 after training on Beaufighters he took command of No 236 Squadon and led anti-shipping operations, which were very hazardous and earnt him a bar to his DFC.
		He then went to America to attend the USA Army Command and General Staff School, returning in April 1944 where he joined the Joint Planning Staff in the Cabinet Offices.
	www.aviationcollectables.co.uk /pub/photographs/spcc.html (1009 words)

	Find in a Library: Coastal Command; the Air Ministry account of the part played by Coastal Command in the battle of the ...
		Find in a Library: Coastal Command; the Air Ministry account of the part played by Coastal Command in the battle of the seas, 1939-1942.
		Coastal Command; the Air Ministry account of the part played by Coastal Command in the battle of the seas, 1939-1942.
		WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
	www.worldcatlibraries.org /oclc/1675073 (107 words)

	Coastal Command Era
		Photos of the base during the Coastal Command Years
		Foreword to the War Record of Coastal Command 1939-1945
		Badge for this Command, is to symbolise its many functions over the sea.
	www.northwood.mod.uk /nwood/history/coastal/coastcom.htm (257 words)

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